Looker and LookML - The Complete Course for Beginners (Udemy.com)
Practical Looker course for beginners that want to quickly get up to speed with Looker and LookML
Created by: Georgi Smarts
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Learn the Looker platform and interface
- Learn LookML from the basics
- Learn best practices for using Looker and LookML
- Become confident in using Looker for any project
- Be able to create analysis using Looker
How it compares
Against the other 461 rated Udemy courses in Data Science on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 85% of them
- Reviews3,790#56 of 462 by number of reviews
- Length9.1 hourslonger than 53% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 97% of them
Course Description
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Welcome! I am here to help you learn quickly how to use Looker and LookML
Beginners welcome: no need to know anything about Looker and LookML!
Looker can be challenging to learn on your own without guidance from an experienced trainer. In this course, I will walk you through every step of using Looker and LookML in an easy to undertand way for the absolute beginner.
This course will give you a deep understanding of Looker's functionality by using hands-on, contextual examples designed to showcase why Looker is awesome and how how to use it for any project.
In this Looker course you will learn:
· How to setup a free training account with Looker
· Get familiar with the Looker interface
· How to build Looks in Looker
· How to edit a Look
· How to build a dashboard
· The different elements of LookML
· How to create a custom dimension
· How to create a view from table
· Understand the different dimension types
· How to structure your project
· How to use Explores
· How to utilize the formal Looker documentation
· How to create a model in the Development environment
· The interface of the Development environment
and much, much more!
Enroll today and enjoy:
Lifetime access to the course
9 hours of high quality, up to date video lectures
Practical Looker course with step by step instructions on how to implement the different features
Thanks again for checking out my course and I look forward to seeing you in the classroom
This course contains a promotion.
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
3,790 Reviews
Georgi Smarts
Hello!
I’m Georgi, though most know me as George Smarts.
I’ve spent 12 years helping Fortune 500 companies improve the way they deliver projects, solve data challenges, and work as teams. I love what I do and I enjoy teaching others how to get real results using the same skills and tools I’ve mastered over the years.
I’ve had the chance to work on large-scale international IT and data initiatives, and along the way I’ve used just about every major project management platform, productivity tool, and a growing range of AI solutions. My approach is practical and hands on. Everything I teach comes from real experience, not theory.
Here are the areas I focus on and why they matter to me:
• Project Management software tools. I enjoy discovering features that help people work together more efficiently and deliver better outcomes. I have experience with all the big players in this space.
• Data and analytics. I’ve led many data initiatives. I enjoy making complex concepts simple and helping others build confidence using data to make decisions.
• AI tools for everyday work. I help professionals understand how to use AI to reduce repetitive tasks, improve communication, strengthen planning, and make better decisions.
My courses are designed to help you:
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Reviews
By Sanjeev Kumar on 1/4/2026
This is a good course for beginners. It would be really helpful if you could add one section to build a small Looker project end-to-end from scratch. Means how to connect Big Query or any other source to the Looker and then design a small model and create a visualization. I hope that will give beginners a bit more confidence. Thank you for the wonderful course.
By Bindu Makhesha on 12/24/2024
The course is well structured and comprehensively communicates the functionality of Looker. The biggest standout are the visualisation (2) and custom fields (3) specifically, group items (30) custom binning (31). Looking forward to the reminder of the course
By Varun Raja on 8/29/2024
Great and very informative course that will get provide most things you need to know to get up to speed on all things Looker. I've not given 5 stars as I wished for a more hands-on approach to learning as I find that far more effective. It would have been 5 star course if there were exercises and solutions to those exercises which would have really helped cement each core concept.
By Vaibhav Patil on 8/26/2023
"I found the 'Looker and LookML' course on Udemy to be incredibly valuable. The instructor's clear explanations and comprehensive content make learning complex concepts a breeze. The step-by-step approach and real-world examples enhance practical understanding. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to master Looker and LookML."
By Doug Siemon on 4/6/2023
This is an excellent course if you are new to Looker and even if it's been some time since you've used Looker. By the end of the course you should have a solid understanding of Looker architecture in order to apply and manage business related data. The course is not intended to cover someone's specific use case, but the course will cover the basics so you know what to look for next. I appreciated how George incorporated ways to get help outside the course so you aren't alone. Great course, highly recommended A+!
By Herman Wilén on 3/13/2023
It's nice very easy, he goes through every single field in looker. If you are a dev you might get a bit bored since it is so granular. I like it tho. I do have access issues in LookML at times with read only access. Not sure what to do about that. I have tried different labs
By Waseem Khalifa on 10/22/2022
Does what it says on the tin, a complete course for Beginners to Looker and LookML. This is course if, you set the speed to x2, you could go through one weekend and be ready to tackle Looker for the start of the week. If you're new to BI tools and Looker this would be the course for you, however if you're experienced with Looker previously, you may find this course quite thin. The Instructor was clear in his explanations, and was easy to follow.
By Saikat Chatterjee on 10/17/2022
Very Very Good. I am so happy about this course. Thank you very much. The way it was delivered, very effective. Kindly help me to get the contact of the trainer. I need advance level training link. online. Thank you once again.
By Michał Piotrowicz on 9/19/2022
The course is a great introduction to Looker. It is simple, quite moderate in the complexity and it is useful. One remark to the potential users is that it is really troublesome to access the Looker temporary sessions at Google Cloud Skills Boost. Google do not help us to practice with the new tool. Anyway, it was a great introduction to Looker and the LookML.
By Brian Quiñonez on 4/7/2022
As a Tableau developer coming over to Looker I was very skeptical about the BI Tool, however after taking this course it feels like a very smooth transition for me as I will now be using it for work. Highly recommend taking this course if you are new to Looker and definitely if you are someone who used Tableau prior to this BI Tool.
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